A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state.

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Title
A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state.
Author
Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
Publication
[Amsterdam :: Richt Right Press] Seene and allowed,
Printed in the yeare, 1638.
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Subject terms
Authority (Religion) -- Early works to 1800.
Church polity -- Early works to 1800.
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"A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05460.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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The Civill State.

Thirdly, all Kings & governours haue Bookes, statutes, and Re∣cords, wherein are recorded their Lawes Articles, Acts of Parlia∣ment, likewise to Citties and townes Corporated they give Char∣tors whereby they haue power and preuilidge from their King, & head, in his name and power to instate themselves into divers pre∣viledges

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for their mutuall good.

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